NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s newly appointed limited-overs captain Mohammad Rizwan shared that he by no means actively sought the position. Following the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) newest management announcement, Rizwan has formally taken over from Babar Azam as Pakistan’s white-ball captain and can lead the workforce within the upcoming three-match ODI and T20I collection in opposition to Australia.
“I by no means desired or requested for captaincy. If it is granted by Allah, one should not refuse. I by no means sought captaincy (kabhi kaptaani nahin maangi),” Rizwan stated.
“Concerning the previous, everybody had their opinions on this. Even when Saifee was captain, I supplied him solutions, and he did the identical for me. Now that I’ve grow to be captain, all of the gamers might be captains for the workforce. My focus might be that after I depart cricket, there might be extra captain materials prepared for the workforce,” he added.
Pakistan are coming off a 2-1 Take a look at collection win at residence in opposition to England and is about to face Australia in an ODI collection beginning on November 4, adopted by three T20Is. The ODIs will happen in Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth, whereas the T20Is might be hosted in Brisbane, Sydney, and Hobart.
Reflecting on his new position, Rizwan stated, “One among my needs is to see the Pakistan workforce in the identical sort of environment that we had a few years in the past. We had been all with one another at any stage, whether or not issues had been working for us or not. Due to that, a whole lot of issues labored in our favor again then.”
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“The identical issues are current now additionally. However the distinction is that we have now extra younger expertise together with seniors, and we want that all of us as a workforce gel collectively. It’s a bit troublesome when the seniors are enjoying and when the younger lot comes and takes time to know issues. I assume in the course of the Australia collection, we are going to regain the identical momentum that we had earlier,” he added.
